USPTO Patents Application 10739228

United States Patent and Trademark Office

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
I nilid Stall-, Patent and Trademark Office

Address: COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS

APPLICATION NO. | FILING DATE |j FIRST NAMED INVENTOR | ATTORNEY DOCKET NO. | CONFIRMATION NO.

10/739,228 12/17/2003 Michael L. Lamb S JO920030054US 1 1120

33595 7590 04/21/2010

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
9000 SOUTH RITA ROAD
TUCSON, AZ 85744

| NOTIFICATION DATE | DELIVERY MODE |
04/21/2010 ELECTRONIC

Please find below and/or attached an Office communication concerning this application or proceeding.

The time period for reply, if any, is set in the attached communication.

Notice of the Office communication was sent electronically on above-indicated "Notification Date" to the
following e-mail address(es):

luciplaw ("His. ibm.com

SAEED, USMAAN

PAPER NUMBER

PTOL-90A (Rev. 04/07)

Response to Rule 312 Communication

Application No. Applicant(s)

10/739,228 LAMBETAL.

Examiner Art Unit

USMAAN SAEED 2166

- The MAILING DATE of this communication appears on the cover sheet with the correspondence address -

1. ^ The amendment filed on 12 March 2010 under 37 CFR 1.312 has been considered, and has been:

a) ^ entered.

b) □ entered as directed to matters of form not affecting the scope of the invention.

c) □ disapproved because the amendment was filed after the payment of the issue fee.

Any amendment filed after the date the issue fee is paid must be accompanied by a petition under 37 CFR 1 .31 3(c)(1 )
and the required fee to withdraw the application from issue.

d) □ disapproved. See explanation below.

e) □ entered in part. See explanation below.

/Hosain T Alam/ /U. S.I

Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 2166 Examiner, Art Unit 2166

Reponse to Rule 312 Communication Part of Paper No. 20100416